Hose-supporter.



No. 7|2,968. Patented Nov. 4, |902.

L. BSER, 1R.

HOSE SUPPORTER.

(Application filed July 19, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITE STATES Arnett 'FFrcn-.

.y Louis Rossa, JR., oFcrncAed-ILLINois HOSEj-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters atent N o. 712,968, dated November 4, 1902.

applicati@ met .my 19, 1902.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS ROSER, Jr., a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented, certain new and useful YImprovements in Hose-Supporters; and I do declare the following to be a full,'clear, and ex-` act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap,-rr pertains to make and use the same, reference' being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forni a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment-supporting devices, and especially to a novel means for supporting hose; andit' consists in the provision of a pad having a body-strap and strips, each of which has an en dY secured to the pad lor shield and adapted to be passed through a loop and over an antifriction-roller, while at its-other end is fastenedy a strap designed to carry a hose-fastener.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim. Y .Y Y

My invention is clearly illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, which,with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings-v Figure l is a plan Viewfof my improved hose-supporting device. Fig. 2 is a detail view showing one of thejloops` through which. the strips to which the hose-supporting straps are fastened are passed. Y

Reference now being had to the kdetails of the drawings by Vletter, A designates a shield or pad having abody-strapB secured thereto, also a buckle to which said strap is adapted to be connected. To 'each -ofthe lower points of theshield or-'p'ad',l as' indicated by letters O .C,Yare fastened-'strips D and D', each` of which has a hose-supporting strap E lbody ofv the wearer.

Serial No. 116,291. (No model.)

adjustably held thereto by means of a buckle li,"which straps may be either of elastic or non-elastic material. Intermediate the points C C a tab H is fastened to said shield or pad, and fastened to' said tab is a double loop K, having two antifriction-rollers L and L', over the upper of which the `strip Dgis adapted to pass, as shown. The lower portion ol' the xloopreceives the strip D', which latter passes over the antifriction-roller L', said rollers being one directly over the other and spaced apart, as illustrated. By this provision it will be noted that eachstrip has an independent movement. Each strip D and. D' carries Va loop K', to which a hose-supporting strap N is connected, which straps are provided Withhoseclips of any style.

. It will be observed from the foregoing that by the provision of ahose-supporter embodying the details of my invention the shield will readily shape itself to the contour of the l Each strip will Ihave a 'movement independent of the other, thus lequally distributing the strain upon the device as the body of the wearer bends in different directions.

.T Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Let- 

